Scandinavia overcoming the 1 percent

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4. Sweden had the advantage of emerging from WW II with it's economy intact

Thus they were able to fund the welfare economy from 1946 to about 1990.

The economic crisis of the early '90s significantly trimmed back the government budget. Various reforms of the economy have resulted in a much greater degree of income inequality in the last two decades. Immigration has further contributed to social tensions and a diminished sense of communal solidarity.

As the article points out, Scandinavian crime novels are a useful window into a more realistic view of their societies, and the picture is not pretty.